Hump Day!

Hump day!  Let’s hope it gets us over this hump of ZERO surf!  Knee high surf around town for most of SD today but we should start to see things turn around tomorrow.  I’m already seeing some 20 second period swell on the buoys out of the SW which means most SW swell filling in for Thursday.  Look for inconsistent and still very small surf for the AM session with building swell into the waist/chest high range by evening.  Looks like Friday will see the peak of the swell with chest high surf around town at the summer spots and fading just a bit for Saturday.  By Sunday we should be back into the waist high range.  Sunday will see a new steeply angled SSE swell that will miss a lot of SD County. We definitely won’t see the punch from this swell but we should at least have some waist/chest high surf at the better spots late Sunday and possibly some solid chest high with the occasional shoulder high set for the best summer south facing spots.  Like a lot of the other steep S swells that have missed us the bulk of the energy will be hitting OC and north…definitely worth of a trip to the Bu if you’ve got the time and patience.  That swell peaks late Mon and into Tues with swell backing down to the waist/chest range and more so Wed.  Looks like a nice swell swirling down south that should throw some decent Southern Hemi swell into our swell window for the end of next week.

More of the same weather that we’ve been having for the next week.  Just about the same air temps (high 60s/low 70s along the coast) and some early marine layer, then sunny skies, a little west wind and a few evening clouds.  We’ve still got moisture moving up from the south bringing those high clouds and humidity and a hint of S winds in the evening.  Some big tide swings with today’s Full Moon but the biggest water movement is at night. We’ll still see a negative tide for the dawn patrol and some significant movement from the later afternoon medium low to the super high tide a few hours after sunset.  Water’s sticking to the 68/69 degree mark.  We should see some slightly warmer water show up with the next few south swells…come on 70!

Looks like some fun surf to end the week and kick off the weekend.  Have fun and enjoy the great conditions!

Don’t forget the SPF!

Mish

Ocean Notes:

1)       Congrats to the City of Encinitas! Today starts the one year long pilot program to waive fees  for energy efficient projects such as installing electric vehicle charging stations and solar panel projects.  That’s $14,500 of revenue they will miss but it’ll be worth it!

2)      Speaking of saving the planet…here’s a great idea…the Go Box!  It’s a reusable “to go” box like those Styrofoam clamshell boxes we all get with take out food but it’s reusable.  Can San Diego use Go Boxes?

3)      Come celebrate CoastKeeper’s Clear Blue 2012 event at Mission Bay this Sunday.  Help celebrate clean swimmable water with a rockin’ DJ, food and a kayak and swim race!

4)      WOW…check out this GLOW IN THE DARK skate park!

5)      Now let’s get surfy.  This weekend’s surf looks like it might provide for some fun waves for the 2012 Nike US Open in Huntington!  There are heats going on now but here's a preview  of the HOT action expected this weekend.   

6)      And to end things…some Mentawais footage.  I never tire of Mentawais footage! 

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with August 2, 2012.

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Th   2      Low   4:09 AM    -1.1   6:04 AM     Set  6:41 AM      99

     2     High  10:30 AM     4.7   7:46 PM    Rise  8:02 PM

     2      Low   3:52 PM     1.3

     2     High  10:05 PM     6.3

F    3      Low   4:44 AM    -0.8   6:05 AM     Set  7:43 AM      99

     3     High  11:05 AM     4.9   7:46 PM    Rise  8:38 PM

     3      Low   4:37 PM     1.3

     3     High  10:46 PM     5.8

Sa   4      Low   5:17 AM    -0.3   6:05 AM     Set  8:44 AM      96

     4     High  11:40 AM     4.9   7:45 PM    Rise  9:11 PM

     4      Low   5:21 PM     1.3

     4     High  11:26 PM     5.2

Su   5      Low   5:50 AM     0.2   6:06 AM     Set  9:43 AM      91

     5     High  12:15 PM     4.9   7:44 PM    Rise  9:43 PM

     5      Low   6:08 PM     1.5

M    6     High  12:08 AM     4.6   6:07 AM     Set 10:40 AM      84

     6      Low   6:21 AM     0.8   7:43 PM    Rise 10:15 PM

     6     High  12:52 PM     4.8

     6      Low   7:01 PM     1.6